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Arguing with tradition : the language of law in Hopi Tribal court

Title
Arguing with tradition : the language of law in Hopi Tribal court / Justin B. Richland.
Author
Richland, Justin B. (Justin Blake), 1970-
Publication
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
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Description
xii, 187 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Chicago series in law and society
Subject
  • Hopi Indians > Legal status, laws, etc
  • Hopi law > Arizona
  • Indian courts > United States
  • Indians of North America > Arizona
  • Hopi Tribe of Arizona
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-178) and index.
Contents
Arguing with tradition in Native America -- Making a Hopi Nation : "Anglo" law comes to Hopi country -- "What are you going to do with the village's knowledge?" : language ideologies and legal power in Hopi tribal court -- "He could not speak Hopi. . . . that puzzle puzzled me" : the pragmatic paradoxes of Hopi tradition in court -- Suffering into truth : Hopi law as narrative interaction.
Call Number
JGE 08-252
ISBN
  • 9780226712932 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226712931 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780226712956 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0226712958 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2007043031
OCLC
176978800
Author
Richland, Justin B. (Justin Blake), 1970-
Title
Arguing with tradition : the language of law in Hopi Tribal court / Justin B. Richland.
Imprint
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Series
Chicago series in law and society
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-178) and index.
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JGE 08-252
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